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71 Running on Saturday, September 28, 2024
The Woodward is named in memory of William Woodward, Sr. who was chairman of the Jockey Club from 1930 to 1950 and whose Belair Stud colors were carried to victory by father-son Triple Crown winners Gallant Fox and Omaha and champions such as Nashrullah, Nashua, Granville and Johnstown. Horses bred by Belair won every major stakes in America as well as the Epsom Oaks, St. Leger Stakes, and 1000 Guineas in Britain. The Woodward, run through the years as a handicap, a weight-for-age event and an allowance stakes, was inaugurated in 1954 at Belmont Park and also was run several times at Aqueduct before being moved to Saratoga with the expansion of the meet to include Labor Day in 2006. Spectacular Bid’s victory in 1980 was the first American walkover since Calumet Farm's Coaltown won the 1949 running of the Edward Burke Handicap at Havre de Grace, Maryland.
$400,000.00 1 1/8 (Dirt) Grade:II
| Year | Horse | Age | Weight | Time | Owner | Trainer | Jockey | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tapit Trice | 4 | 124 | 1:50.09 | Whisper Hill Farm, LLC and Gainesway Stable (Antony Beck) | Todd A. Pletcher | Dylan Davis | $220,000 |
| 2023 | Zandon | 4 | 122 | 1:48.48 | Jeff Drown | Chad C. Brown | Flavien Prat | $220,000 |
| 2022 | Life Is Good | 4 | 126 | 1:49.57 | CHC Inc. & WinStar Farm LLC | Todd A. Pletcher | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | $275,000 |
| 2021 | Art Collector | 4 | 124 | 1:49.22 | Bruce Lunsford | William I. Mott | Luis Saez | $275,000 |
| 2020 | Global Campaign | 4 | 122 | 2:01.40 | Sagamore Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC | Stanley M. Hough | Luis Saez | $275,000 |
| 2019 | Preservationist | 6 | 120 | 1:48.11 | Centennial Farms | James A. Jerkens | Junior Alvarado | $412,500 |
| 2018 | Yoshida | 4 | 122 | 1:48.94 | WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International Ltd, Head of Plains Partners LLC, SF Racing LLC | Bill Mott | Joel Rosario | $412,500 |
| 2017 | Gun Runner | 4/C | 124 | 1:47.43 | Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm | Steven M. Asmussen | Florent Geroux | $400,000 |
| 2016 | Shaman Ghost | 4 | 120 | 1:48.92 | Stronach Stables | James A. Jerkens | Javier Castellano | $360,000 |
| 2015 | Liam's Map | 4 | 118 | 1:47.44 | Teresa Viola Racing Stables | Todd Pletcher | Javier Castellano | $360,000 |
| 2014 | Itsmyluckyday | 4 | 120 | 1:48.84 | Trilogy Stables and Plesa, Laurie | Edward Plesa, Jr. | Paco Lopez | $360,000 |
| 2013 | Alpha | 4 | 126 | 1:49.28 | Godolphin Racing LLC | Kiaran P. McLaughlin | John R. Velazquez | $450,000 |
| 2012 | To Honor and Serve | 4 | 126 | 1:48.56 | Live Oak Plantation | William I. Mott | John R. Velazquez | $450,000 |
| 2011 | Havre de Grace | 4 | 123 | 1:49.18 | Fox Hill Farms, Inc. | J. Larry Jones | Ramon A. Dominguez | $450,000 |
| 2010 | Quality Road | 4 | 126 | 1:50.00 | Edward P. Evans | Todd A. Pletcher | John R. Velazquez | $450,000 |
| 2009 | Rachel Alexandra | 3 | 118 | 1:48.29 | Stonestreet Stables and McCormick, Harold | Steven M. Asmussen | Calvin H. Borel | $450,000 |
| 2008 | Curlin | 4 | 126 | 1:49.34 | Stonestreet Stables LLC | Steven M. Asmussen | Robby Albarado | $300,000 |
| 2007 | Lawyer Ron | 4 | 126 | 1:48.60 | Hines Racing LLC | Todd A. Pletcher | John R. Velazquez | $300,000 |
| 2006 | Premium Tap | 4 | 126 | 1:50.65 | George Kline, Peter Alevizos, and David Whelihan | John Kimmel | Kent Desormeaux | $300,000 |
| 2005 | Saint Liam | 5 | 126 | 1:49.1 | Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren Jr. | Richard E. Dutrow | Jerry Bailey | $300,000 |
| 2004 | Ghostzapper | 4 | 126 | 1:46 1/5 | Stronach Stables | Robert Frankel | Javier Castellano | $300,000 |
| 2003 | Mineshaft | 4 | 126 | 1:46 1/5 | Farish, Elkins, Webber | Neil Howard | Robby Albarado | $300,000 |
| 2002 | Lido Palace (CHI) | 5 | 126 | 1:47 3/5 | Amerman Racing Stable | Robert Frankel | Jorge Chavez | $300,000 |
| 2001 | Lido Palace (CHI) | 4 | 126 | 1:47 2/5 | John W. Amerman | Robert Frankel | Jerry Bailey | $300,000 |
| 2000 | Lemon Drop Kid | 4 | 126 | 1:50 2/5 | Jeanne G. Vance | Scotty Schulhofer | Edgar Prado | $300,000 |
| 1999 | River Keen (IRE) | 7 | 126 | 1:46 4/5 | Hugo Reynolds | Bob Baffert | Chris Antley | $300,000 |
| 1998 | Skip Away | 5 | 126 | 1:47 4/5 | Carolyn H. Hine | Hubert Hine | Jerry Bailey | $300,000 |
| 1997 | Formal Gold | 4 | 126 | 1:47 2/5 | John D. Murphy | William Perry | Kent Desormeux | $300,000 |
| 1996 | Cigar | 6 | 126 | 1:47 | Allen E. Paulson | William I. Mott | Jerry Bailey | $300,000 |
| 1995 | Cigar | 5 | 126 | 1:47 | Allen E. Paulson | William I. Mott | Jerry Bailey | $300,000 |
| 1994 | Holy Bull | 3 | 121 | 1:46 4/5 | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Mike Smith | $300,000 |
| 1993 | Bertrando | 4 | 126 | 1:47 | Edward Nahem | Robert Frankel | Gary Stevens | $300,000 |
| 1992 | Sultry Song | 4 | 126 | 1:47 | Live Oak Plantation | Patrick J. Kelly | Jerry Bailey | $300,000 |
| 1991 | In Excess (IRE) | 4 | 126 | 1:46 1/5 | Jack J. Munari | Bruce Jackson | Gary Stevens | $300,000 |
| 1990 | Dispersal | 4 | 123 | 1:45 4/5 | Tom Meyerhoff | Grover G. Delp | Chris Antley | $354,000 |
| 1989 | Easy Goer | 3 | 122 | 2:01 | Ogden Phipps | Claude R. McGaughey III | Pat Day | $485,400 |
| 1988 | Alysheba | 4 | 126 | 1:59 2/5 | Dorothy Scharbauer | Jack Van Berg | Chris McCarron | $498,600 |
| 1987 | Polish Navy | 3 | 116 | 1:47 | Ogden Phipps | Claude R. McGaughey III | Randy Romero | $357,000 |
| 1986 | Precisionist | 5 | 126 | 1:46 | Fred W. Hooper | Ross Fenstermaker | Chris McCarron | $199,200 |
| 1985 | Track Barron | 4 | 123 | 1:46 3/5 | Peter M. Brant | Leroy Jolley | Angel Cordero Jr. | $200,400 |
| 1984 | Slew o' Gold | 4 | 126 | 1:47 4/5 | Equusequity Stable | John Hertler | Angel Cordero Jr. | $175,200 |
| 1983 | Slew o' Gold | 3 | 118 | 1:46 3/5 | Equusequity Stable | Sidney Watters Jr. | Angel Cordero Jr. | $138,900 |
| 1982 | Island Whirl | 4 | 123 | 1:46 4/5 | Elcee-H Stable | D. Wayne Lukas | Angel Cordero Jr. | $136,500 |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | 3 | 123 | 1:47 1/5 | Buckland Farm | John Campo | Angel Cordero Jr. | $137,400 |
| 1980 | Spectacular Bid | 4 | 126 | 2:02 2/5 | Hawksworth Farm | Grover G. Delp | William Shoemaker | $73,300 |
| 1979 | Affirmed | 4 | 126 | 2:01 3/5 | Harbor View Farm | Lazaro S. Barrera | Laffit Pincay Jr. | $114,600 |
| 1978 | Seattle Slew | 4 | 126 | 2:00 | Tayhill Stable | Douglas Peterson | Angel Cordero Jr. | $97,800 |
| 1977 | Forego | 7 | 133 | 1:48 | Lazy F Ranch | Framk Y. Whiteley Jr. | William Shoemaker | $105,000 |
| 1976 | Forego | 6 | 135 | 1:45 4/5 | Lazy F Ranch | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | William Shoemaker | $103,920 |
| 1975 | Forego | 5 | 126 | 2:27 1/5 | Lazy F Ranch | Sherrill W. Ward | Heliodoro Gustines | $64,920 |
| 1974 | Forego | 4 | 126 | 2:27 2/5 | Lazy F Ranch | Sherrill W. Ward | Heliodoro Gustines | $69,240 |
| 1973 | Prove Out | 4 | 126 | 2:25 4/5 | Hobeau Farm | H. Allen Jerkens | Jorge Velasquez | $64,920 |
| 1972 | Key To The Mint | 3 | 119 | 2:28 2/5 | Rokeby Stable | Elliott Burch | Braulio Baeza | $69,300 |
| 1971 | West Coast Scout | 3 | 121 | 2:00 2/5 | Oxford Stable | Mervin Marks | John L. Rotz | $67,860 |
| 1970 | Personality | 3 | 121 | 2:01 4/5 | Mrs. Ethel Jacobs | John W. Jacobs | Eddie Belmonte | $71,435 |
| 1969 | Arts and Letters | 3 | 120 | 2:01 | Rokeby Stable | Elliott Burch | Braulio Baeza | $68,900 |
| 1968 | Mr. Right | 5 | 126 | 2:03 | Mrs. Peter Duchin | Evan S. Jackson | Heliodoro Gustines | $69,420 |
| 1967 | Damascus | 3 | 120 | 2:00 3/5 | Mrs. Edith Bancroft | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | William Shoemaker | $70,070 |
| 1966 | Buckpasser | 3 | 121 | 2:02 4/5 | Ogden Phipps | Edward A. Neloy | Braulio Baeza | $73,190 |
| 1965 | Roman Brother | 4 | 126 | 2:01 4/5 | Harbor View Farm | Burley Parke | Braulio Baeza | $71,240 |
| 1964 | Gun Bow | 4 | 126 | 2:02 2/5 | Gedney Farm | - | W. Blum | $70,330 |
| 1963 | Kelso | 6 | 126 | 2:00 4/5 | Bohemia Stable | - | I. Valenzuela | $70,720 |
| 1962 | Kelso | 5 | 126 | 2:03 1/5 | Bohemia Stable | - | I. Valenzuela | $74,880 |
| 1961 | Kelso | 4 | 126 | 2:00 | Bohemia Stable | - | E. Arcaro | $71,240 |
| 1960 | Sword Dancer | 4 | 126 | 2:01 1/5 | Brookmeade Stable | - | E. Arcaro | $71,730 |
| 1959 | Sword Dancer | 3 | 120 | 2:04 2/5 | Brookmeade Stable | - | E. Arcaro | $70,170 |
| 1958 | Clem | 4 | 126 | 2:01 | Mrs. Adele L. Rand | - | W. Shoemaker | $71,800 |
| 1957 | Dedicate | 5 | 126 | 2:01 | Mrs. Jan Burke | - | W. Hartack | $70,500 |
| 1956 | Mister Gus | 5 | 126 | 2:03 | Gustave Ring | - | I. Valenzuela | $52,950 |
| 1955 | Traffic Judge | 3 | 118 | 1:48 1/5 | Clifford Mooers | - | E. Arcaro | $40,000 |
| 1954 | Pet Bully | 6 | 126 | 1:35 3/5 | Mrs. Ada L. Rice | - | W. Hartack | $43,700 |
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